such as in this verse:
yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṃ antarāyāyā
An English translation for the whole passage as found in MN22 is:.
"“As I understand the Buddha’s teachings, the acts that he says are obstructions are not really obstructions for the one who performs them.”
"“tathāhaṃ bhagavatā dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṃ antarāyāyā”
Yeme resolves to ye ime, which in this context would literally be “those which”:
yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā
Those obstructive things which were spoken of by the Buddha …
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wow, thanks! So this is a sandhi, really helpful!
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